Antike 89®

This rose's location in the garden is NE 8, SW 9.

• Classification:   Climber (large-flowered)
• Flower Color:  white
• Flower Size:  4 inches
• Flower Form:  full, large clusters
• Petal Count:  40
• Fragrance:  none
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:  glossy dark green
• Plant Height:  8-14 feet
• Plant Width:  3-4 feet
• Growth Habit:  tall, vigorous
• Disease Resistant:  yes
• Hybridizer:  Kordes & Sons (Germany)
• Registered:  1988
• Parentage:  [‘Grand Hotel’ x Sympathy’] x [seedling x ‘Arthur Bell’]
• ARS* Rating:  7.7 (a good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating
  

Awards:

• None

 
Notes:

• “Hybridizer Reimer Kordes (February 19, 1922 – 3 February 1997) ran the German rose company in 1955 until Reimer's son Wilhelm Kordes III (1953-2016) took over in 1977. Reimer moved on from shrub roses to concentrate on brilliantly coloured Hybrid Teas and Floribundas for private and public gardens. Nevertheless, he introduced roses of every type: large-flowered climbers such as 'Alchymist' (1956) and 'Antike 89' (1988); ground cover roses such as 'Immensee' and 'Sommerwind'; Hybrid Teas including 'Duftzauber 84' (1984) and 'Kupferkönigin' (1996); shrubs such as 'Chiarivari' (1970), 'Lucinde' (1988), and 'Rosenstadt Zweibrücken' (1989); Floribundas such as 'Golden Holstein' (1988) and 'Crimson Bouquet' (1999); and cut-flower roses such as 'Champagner' (1985). One of the world's best known rose cultivars, 'Iceberg' (syn. 'Schneewittchen') was introduced by Reimer Kordes in 1958. The variety was selected as the "World Favourite Rose" of 1983. Other famous cultivars include 'Sunsprite', and 'Aprikola'.” --- (Wikipedia, “W. Kordes’ Sons”) retrieved March 2021.

 

• ‘Crimson Glory’ (1935) should also be included in Kordes’ famous cultivars. It is a very popular deep red rose. For many years, the Kansas City Rose Society awarded  a trophy for the best ‘Crimson Glory’ rose grown locally.